On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives and one of ...

On October 2, an annular solar eclipse will wash over one of Earth’s most exotic locales. Astronomy Editor David Eicher will ...

Witness the mysterious beauty of Easter Island from above with this captivating drone footage. Soar over the iconic moai ...

Scientists turn to ancient DNA to understand the history of Easter Island, a remote island in the Pacific Ocean also known as ...

Two recent studies have cast doubt on a popular theory that the ancient residents of Easter Island suffered a societal ...

A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the ...

The moai, carved from volcanic tuff, are threatened by rising sea levels and climate changes worsened by global warming.

The new study also indicates the Polynesian people who settled Rapa Nui mixed with indigenous South Americans centuries ...

The long-held narrative is that the original inhabitants of Easter Island grew so fascinated with stone statues they ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island or Te Pito o Te Henua (the navel of the world), is one of the most remote inhabited ...

The widespread deforestation believed to have been caused by the Rapa Nui people to build the towering Easter Island statues ...

Island in the Pacific Ocean is famous for its instantly recognisable statues known as the moai. And while the monuments draw ...